Boston Marathon 2025 LIVE: Start time, latest updates and results as Sharon Lokedi and John Korir win

British interest out in Boston was provided by Calli Hauger-Thackery, who couldn’t quite challenge the time she scorched to in Berlin last year but still came in with a very tidy 2:22:38 and sixth place. That’s the third time she’s dipped under 2 hours and 23 minutes. Useful.

John Korir, by the way, follows elder brother Wesley in taking victory in Boston. 14 years between the siblings in age and 13 between successes in New England.

“I feel great,” Lokedi says. “I’m so excited. Yay!

“I want to say congratulations to everyone, it was a tough one out there. I’m so glad we had each other to fight all the way through. It was great being with them and fighting together. Towards the end, I said, ‘just keep fighting, just keep pushing, one more kick you can get it’. I didn’t believe it – I’m always second to [Hellen Obiri].

“At the halfway, I saw we ran 68 minutes and we just kept going. I hoped I would still have it towards the end – you can’t tell at halfway. When I crossed and saw the time, I couldn’t believe it.”

Des Linden soaks it all up one last time as the veteran American finishes her final Boston Marathon to huge cheers. The weather conditions are rather better than on the wretched day when she triumphed her in 2018; the soon to be 42-year-old is the fifth American across the line to a respecting reaction from her compatriots, bowing down at her feet. Wonderful. 02:26:19 her time.

So Buzunesh Deba’s course record goes, making Lokedi an extra $50,000 richer on top of her winnings. Hellen Obiri and Yalemzerf Yehualaw were also a long way inside that previous mark. They could have done little more.

1 Sharon Lokedi (Kenya) 2.17:22

2 Hellen Obiri (Kenya) 2.17:41

3 Yalemzerf Yehualaw (Ethiopia) 2.18:06

A course record for Sharon Lokedi, and a Boston Marathon tile! A second major for the 31-year-old, and an uber-impressive performance. She takes the tape inside 2 hours and 18 minutes for a massive lifetime best.

Over the hills and far away.

The elastic has snapped – Sharon Lokedi is romping away from her compatriot! What a win this will be for the Kenyan, revenge for the reverse result last year.

Hellen Obiri’s running style might be described as idiosyncratic at the best of times, but it feels like she is really having to work here. Just over a kilometre between her and a three-peat – but Sharon Lokedi will not be moved!

Lokedi kicks! And there’s daylight! Only briefly, but a slight sign of weakness? Obiri gulps down some fluids and resets, closing again.